priestal

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English

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Etymology

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From priest +‎ -al.

Adjective

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priestal

  1. (rare) Relating to priests; priestly.
    • 1846, George Barrell Cheever, Wanderings of a Pilgrim in the Shadow of Mont Blanc, page 13:
      The matter has ended in the establishment of a priestal republican despotism, under which the protestant religion is proscribed, its exercise forbidden even in private, the protestant schools are broken up, []

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